| assumption |
something that is supposed or believed without questioning. For example, if you ask someone whether she is allowed to watch TV during dinner, you have made an assumption that there is a TV in her house. Assumptions are ideas people have that are not based on proven facts. An assumption can be correct or incorrect. |
| conventional |
put in place by custom or use; traditional. |
| decisive |
able to make firm decisions or end arguments. |
| exile |
the condition of being sent away from one's country and not allowed to return as a punishment. |
| gross |
rude or disgusting. |
| heckler |
one who disrupts a performance or public address with annoying remarks or questions. |
| millennium |
a unit of time equal to one thousand years. |
| muster |
to cause to come together; assemble. |
| outrage |
an act that causes a strong feeling of anger because of its violence or cruelty. |
| patent |
a government grant that gives someone the right to make, use, or sell an invention. A patent is given for a certain number of years. |
| periodic |
happening or appearing at regular times. |
| pretense |
an act or instance of pretending; sham or fiction. |
| reminisce |
to recall past experiences, often with fondness or pleasure. |
| stealth |
secretive, surreptitious, or covert movement or procedure; sneakiness; furtiveness. |
| undo |
to release from or remove wrapping or fastening from. |